Media Types
Story
Guides to timeless stories - complete with chapters covering elements of the story context and an array of primary sources in various media - give the richest sense of why, and how, the story is important, instructive and moving.
Chapter
Chapters present elements of the underlying context for stories and include videos, images, documents and audio resources to bring the story into sharp focus.
Story Brief
These short stories, built around a media image or video, deliver a trenchant slice of knowledge about a person, place, event or achievement.
Learning Task
Developed by master teachers, based on standards, tasks for students are provided for each story for quick engagement with the stories on a deeper, reflective, critical-thinking level.
Video
Moving pictures elucidate, elaborate and enliven topics, telling stories on their own or in concert with Stories, Chapters or MiniStories.
Image
Pictures convey what words cannot and together images and text deliver the richest understanding.
Audio
The voice of creators, or subjects of stories, come to us through audio files of radio interviews, speeches and personal recordings.
Questions to Ponder
What are the deep-thinking, essential questions one needs to ask about a topic? What are the hard-to-answer questions that drive a narrative? Peruse this extensive list of our "Questions to Ponder."
Audio Narration
Our most popular stories are available in narrated form as well as visually through text and image. We call our Story Narrations, together with our audio resources, "Awesome Radio."
